Andrew V. Suarez

Assistant Professor
Department of Entomology & Department of Animal Biology
Program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
School of Integrative Biology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mailing Address:  320 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801  USA
Office:  681 Morrill Hall
217/244-1224 (fax)
avsuarez@life.uiuc.edu

 EDUCATION

  • 1991  B.S. (Ecology, Ethology and Evolution), University of Illinois, Urbana.

  • 1994  M.S. (Biology), University of Illinois, Urbana.  Scott K. Robinson advisor.

  • 1994  Organization for Tropical Studies, course 94-1, "Tropical Biology: An Ecological Approach," Costa Rica.

  • 2000  Ph.D. (Biology), University of California, San Diego.  Ted J. Case advisor.

  • 2003 Ant Course, Southwestern Research Station, Portal, AZ.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 1991-92  Research Assistant. Scott K. Robinson (PI). Illinois Natural History Survey.

  • 1994  Assistant Ornithologist, Illinois Natural History Survey.

  • 2000-01  Post-doctoral Researcher.  University of California, Davis. Department of Entomology.  Philip S. Ward sponsor.

  • 2001-03  Miller Research Fellow.  University of California, Berkeley.  Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management. George K. Roderick sponsor.

  • 2003-  Assistant Professor. Department of Animal Biology & Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

  • 2004-  Affiliate, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

  • 2006-  Affiliate, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • 2004  IB 452 Graduate Seminar, "Biological Invasions"; Instructor, "Ant Course" (California Academy of Sciences), La Selva, Costa Rica; IB 199 Discovery Course, "Ecological Consequences of Globalization"; IB 105 "Environmental Science"

  • 2005  IB 429 "Animal Behavior"; Instructor, "Ant Course" (California Academy of Sciences), Portal, Arizona; IB 452 Graduate Seminar, "Social Insect Reading Group", Univ. of Illinois

MAJOR GRANTS AND AWARDS

  • 1997-2000  Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program, Biological Sciences.

  • 2000  George C. Eickwort Student Research Award.  North American Section, International Union for the Study of Social Insects.

  • 2000-2002  USDA NRICGP Post-doctoral Fellowship, Grant 200-3011

  • 2001-2003  Miller Research Fellowship, Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, University of California, Berkeley.

  • 2003-2006  National Science Foundation. INT-0305660 (David Holway co-PI). "Factors promoting coexistence between sympatric native populations of Argentine ants and fire ants."

  • 2005-2008  National Science Foundation. DBI-0447379 (Colin Favret PI, James Whitfield, John Marlin, Sydney Cameron Co-PIs). "Hymenopteran Biodiversity Informatics at the Illinois Natural History Survey."

  • 2005-2006  National Science Foundation. DBI- 0516452 (Chad Tillberg co-PI). "Trophic ecology of ant invasions as reveled through stable isotopes."

  • 2005  Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, seed grant. (Xudong Zhang, Fred Delcomyn, Sheila Patek Co-PIs). "Generating extreme speeds and force from small, simple materials: Biologically inspired models from striking ability in trap-jaw ants."

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member:

Ecological Society of America (1993-); International Union for the Study of Social Insects (2001-); Society for Conservation Biology (1993-)

Reviewer:

  • Manuscripts:  American Naturalist, Animal Behavior, Annales Zoologici Fennici, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Biological Conservation, Biological Invasions, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, BioScience, Biotropica, Conservation Biology, Diversity and Distributions, Ecological Applications, Ecological Entomology, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Ecoscience, Ecosystems, Environmental Entomology, Herpetological Review, Insectes Sociaux, Journal of Economic Entomology, Journal of Insect Behavior, Molecular Ecology, Naturwissenschaften, Oecologia, Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, PloS Biology, Science, Southwestern Naturalist, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Wilson Bulletin

  • Grants: Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program, NSF (Animal Behavior, Ecology, Population and Evolutionary Biology); USDA (Entomology/Nematology, Integrative Biology of Arthropods and Nematodes)

Workshops:    

  • 2000  Point Loma Inventory and Monitoring Vital Signs Workshop. Jan. 25-27, San Diego, CA.

  • 2000  "Management of Subsidized and Exotic Animals."  Planning for Biodiversity: Bringing Research and Management Together.  Workshop sponsored by USDA/USGS.  Feb. 29–Mar. 2, 2000. Pomona, CA.

  • 2000  National Park Service Biological Inventories Workshop. June 14-15, 2000. Thousands Oaks, CA.

  • 2002  Coastal Commission Workshop on the Significance of Native Habitats in the Santa Monica Mountains. June 13, Long Beach, CA.

Service: 

  • 2004-2005  Univ. of Illinois, School of Integrative Biology Fellowship Committee

  • 2004-2005  Univ. of Illinois, PEEB Graduate Programs Committee

  • 2004-2005  Univ. of Illinois, Dept. Animal Biology Graduate Admissions Committee

  • 2004  NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant Panel

  • 2004-2005  Univ. of Illinois, PEEB Steering Committee

  • 2004-2006  Univ. of Illinois, Graduate College Career Advisory Committee

  • 2005-2006  Univ. of Illinois, Dept. Entomology GSAC Committee

  • 2006  NSF Animal Behavior Grant Panel

Invited Lectures

  • 2004  University of Chicago, Genes & Social Behavior/Animal Behavior Workshop. April 28, Chicago, IL.

  • 2004  Ohio State University, Department of Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology. May 25, Columbus, OH.

  • 2004  Animal Behavior Society, Symposium: Environmental Impacts and Behavior. June 12-16, Oaxaca, Mexico.

  • 2004  Orpheum Children's Science Museum, Insect Day. July 16, Champaign, IL.

  • 2004  XII International Congress of Entomology, Symposium: Invasions by Social Insects. August 16, Brisbane, Australia.

  • 2004  Fire Ant Control Center. August19, Wacol, Queensland, Australia.

  • 2004  Indiana State University, Department of Life Sciences. Sept. 14, Terre Haute, IN

  • 2004  Illinois Association of Community College Biologists, 32nd Annual Conference, Oct. 9-10. Allerton Park, Monticello, IL.

  • 2004  California Academy of Sciences, 20th Annual BioForum for Educators, Oct. 23. San Francisco, CA.

  • 2005  SUNY Stony Brook, Dept. of Ecology and Evolution. April 20, Stony Brook, NY.

  • 2005  Swarthmore College, Dept. of Biology, Sept. 9, Philadelphia, PA.

  • 2005  University of Tennessee, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Sept. 30, Knoxville, TN.

  • 2005  University of Wisconsin, Department of Entomology, Oct. 14, Madison, WI.

  • 2005  University of Vermont, Dept. of Biology, Nov. 21, Burlington, VT.
Department of Animal Biology Department of Entomology
Program in Ecology
& Evolutionary Biology		 School of Integrative Biology
University of Illinois  

Created 01/30/03
Updated 02/06/06